Strauss-Kahn Prosecution Said to be Near Collapse

The speed of our media always comes as a shock to me. It seems like forever ago that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was revealed as a repeat sexual offender. Each time the news was told with disgust--a classic example of the rich, white male taking advantage of a poor girl, in this case, a Guinean housekeeper. This was a story loved by the American press, with good old Yankee justice serving old-fashioned French gender roles their comeuppance. We were showing them how we do it in the 21st century, yet they were ludicrously denying the scoundrel of their politician.
However, it seems as if our media may have moved too soon. It turns out, not only that there is no forensic evidence to support the woman's claims of rape, but she also has a rather shady background. The authors successfully upturned my opinion of the case.
This is due to their maitenence of an objective tone. Everything is told precisely, their findings aren't wrapped in bias or a want for shock value. This is pure journalism--a report, plain and simple. They even simplified their language to most effectively communicate the story.
"He is among a number of individuals who made multiple cash deposits, totaling around $100,000, into the woman's bank account over the last two years. The deposits were made in Arizona, Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania." Details like these only validate the authors' powers of investigative journalism. It is because they are capable of throwing in little details like the states that cash deposits were made in that we trust the voice. We know they did their research.
A trust of the authors' voice is also developed from presenting multiple sides of the case. Though the story itself focuses on undermining the credibility of the woman who charged Strauss-Kahn with raping her, the authors also include previous information gathered about her--"the woman, who arrived in the United States from Guinea in 2002, was described by relatives and friends as an unassuming and hard-working immigrant with a teenage daughter. She had no criminal record, and had been a housekeeper at the Sofitel for a few years." They present a rounded view of the case.
Because of the objective, trustworthy voice that conveys this information, I definitely agree now that this case is more complicated than blue collar justice.